Unofficial What are you Reading Thread?

[LMNO]

We need a :pledge: emoticon.

[Eater of Clowns]

We need a :pledge: emoticon.

We need a link to 30 Days of Eris because I can't seem to find it.

[LMNO]

Something something "Faith" something.

Like Spiders was "Hey Jim"

[Scilon Agent]

I have an urge to read one of your 30 stories. Make that happen

[Eater of Clowns]

Found it.

It'll take some scrolling to get to LMNO's stuff.

Also this is what I'm reading now.

[LMNO]

Thanks, man. Your Google fu is impressive.

[Eater of Clowns]

Thanks, man. Your Google fu is impressive.

I remembered it was in Principia Discussion and that I'd replied to it to, so I just scrolled through a few pages of the board, skimming for large topics that I'd replied to.

Your bit starts here.

[LMNO]

Yeah, page 20.


Though, for those of you who want to know where that all came from, reading the first 20 pages will really set the tone.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Because of "True Detective", I finally started reading "The King in Yellow". It's got that old-horror-obviousness-and-kinda-boring-but-some-cool-narrative-ideas thing going on.

As with Lovecraft, Poe and other pioneers of the early 'romantic' and later macabre movement what you have to understand is that their intent was different than the modern horror author's intent. They were also some of the early practitioners of the short story as a medium.

In some ways, modern viewers fail to appreciate the artistry involved as even the project of writing itself was such a rare and difficult task at that time what with no electricity, things were still done by oil lighting or maybe, MAYBE by gas light.

So please, have some consideration for the Genre ^_^

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Did you know you come off preachy and elitist when you post an opinion? Because you do, in case you weren't aware.

So what I hear you saying is I sound preachy and elitist in my last post addressing you. And it probably makes you feel talked down to and disrespected. Is that how you felt? I can remember a time when I felt the same way, I was trying to make a poster for work and a co-worker kept chiming in with unwanted advice.

In the future I'll be more careful of how I approach you. Would that be okay?

You may have noticed that your approach isn't working.  If you are not curious about this, I'll just leave you to it.

[Cain]

Currently reading The Artist, the Philosopher, and the Warrior: The Intersecting Lives of Da Vinci, Machiavelli, and Borgia and the World They Shaped by Paul Strathern.

The title is a bit oversold, as Da Vinci is, by Strathern's own admission, something of a ghost in this history, whose feelings and ideas can only be inferred, never verified.  Nevertheless, it's an engaging portrait of Renaissance Italy, the scheming and treachery of the Italian city-states and how Cesare Borgia nearly outwitted them all.

It also does a lot to bring Machiavelli's character into a better light.  Although it's well known among scholars of Machiavelli's life and work, his reputation rather overshadows a man known for his quick wit and ribald jokes, his erudition and precision with the written word, than as the arch-philosopher of amoral political power.

[Bu🤠ns]

Bloodsucking Fiends, A Love Story by christopher moore....again...

I was told this and the sequels are some of his best.


Also that's interesting, Cain, at one point I've wondered if there was more of a non-biased profile of Machiavelli than the one that's mostly sold.

[Cain]

There's a few out there.  That's one, Machiavelli, Philosopher of Power by Ross King would be another.

He had a pretty rough life, actually.  Not least while he was the Florentine Ambassador to the court of Cesare Borgia.  Strathern recounts from his letters how the city was refusing to pay his expenses, leaving Machiavelli virtually destitute. And, of course, the Medici were not his biggest fans either, once they ended the Republic and seized power again.

[Faust]

Found it.

It'll take some scrolling to get to LMNO's stuff.

Also this is what I'm reading now.

We need a better way of organising this stuff, be it it's own page like the book, or a list of links like the reading list.

[LMNO]

Or, I could get off my ass and just publish the damn thing already...